Clevis.



S. T. HOBBS.

GLEVIS.

APPLICATION IILED APR. 10, 1912.

1;040,,326. Patented 001:. s, 1912.

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SAMUEL T. HOBBS, OF TY TY, GEORGIA.

CLEVIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct 8, 1912.

Application filed April 10, 1912. Serial No. 689,778.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. Hones, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ty Ty, in the county of Tift and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clevises, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clevises andhas for its object to provide a reversible clevis adapted to be securedto the end of a wooden plow beam.

Another object of the invent-ion is to provide a device of thischaracter which will possess advantages in points of elliciency anddurability, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simplein construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view. F .ig. 2 is a side elevation; and Fig. 3 isa sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the plow beamhaving my improved clevis secured thereto. The clevis 2 is formed of asingle bar 3 of heavy sheet iron or other suitable material having itsends 4 arranged parallel with the plow beam and bolted to the top andbottom sides thereof by means of the bolt 5. The bar 3 is bent at rightangles to the ends 4, as shown at 6, said bends being disposed inopposite directions and bent to form the offsets 7 which are disposedupon opposite sides of the plow beam.

A substantially horizontal portion 8 extends outwardly from the offseton one side of the plow beam, and an inclined portion 9 extendsoutwardly from the offset on the other side of the plow beam. Theintermediate portion 10 of the bar is twisted, as

shown at 11, and disposed in a plane at right angles to the outwardlyextendlng portions 8 and 9, said intermediate portion being providedwith a plurality of openings 12 adapted to receive the whifiletree hook13, said book being adjusted in the various openings.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the clevis may be turned so thatthe plow beam can be steered either to the right or left so that theanimal will not have to walk close to the furrow.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying myinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope thereof.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is In a device ofthe character described, the combination with a plow beam, of a clevisformed from a single bar of heavy sheet iron, having its ends arrangedparallel with and bolted to the top and bottom sides of the plow beam,said bar being bent in its length at right angles to the ends anddisposed in opposite directions, offsets formed adjacent said bends andarranged upon the sides of said plow beam, a substantially horizontalportion extending outwardly from the ofi'- set on one side of said beam,an inclined portion extending outwardly from the offset on the otherside of the plow beam, the intermediate portion of said bar beingtwisted and arranged in a plane at right angles to the outwardlyextending portions, and said intermediate portion being provided with aseries of openings to receive a whiffietree book.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

SAMUEL T. HOBBS.

Witnesses:

HENRY GLOVER, EUGENE M. FORD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

